Mechanical movement device



March 16 1926.

M. HIGUCHI -M6CHA1ICAL MOVEMEN DEVICE Filed August 26, 1922 R O T N E V N We a L; ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES MONNOSUKE HIGUCHI, 0F COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed August 2S, 1922.

Z 0 all 10 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoNNosuKE HIGUG'HI, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at College Point, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have made a. certain new and useful Invention in Mechanical Movement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a mechanical movement device whereby rectilinear oscillating movement is converted into compound oscillating movements, and has for its object the reproduction of natural, lifelike movements of animals;

Another object of the invention includes the production of a support for said animal when mounted in connection with the mechanical compound movement mechanism. Other objects will appear hereinafter, and I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a view taken on lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mechanism.

Fig. 1 is a view taken on lines ll of Fig. 3.

Like parts are designated by corresponding numerals in the several views.

It is among the prime objects of my invention to produce a mechanism which will carry inanimate objects and at the same time impart very material movements to the bodies of said objects as a whole, and to their limbs in particular, to thus imitate the natural running or jumping movements of said objects.

As an illustration for carrying out my invention, to which I desire, however, not to be limited, I mount the body of an inanimate object 10, as a rabbit, on the rocking frame 11 of the compound movement mechanism. This frame is pivotally mounted on bar 12 of the supporting standard 13, which standard has diverging arms 14-. The bar 12 is united to these arms in any suitable" manner, as by soldering, or brazing, etc., and the opposite end of said standard has two diverging members 15 bent at right angles and attached to the frame members 16 of the carriage. The carriage is provided with a pair of rear wheels 17,- and a pair of front wheels 18. The front wheels are fastened onto a bent axle 19,

which passes through supporting members Serial No. 584,487.

20 and 21 of the frame 16 and rotates with said wheels. On thebent portion or crank arm 22 of axle 19 then is fitted a link 23. This link is pivotally attached to the rock ing bar 24 by a pivot pin 25, and the rocking bar is held in oscillating position adjacent the supporting standard by guides 26 and 27. The upper end of this lever is provided with an arm 28 which is rigidly fastened thereto at point 29. The other end of arm 28 freely engages a pivot pin 30, which is carried by and fastened in yoke 31. This yoke is fastened by solder or otherwise onto the rocker fore-limb carrier rod 32, which rod is in turn freely carried in the rocking frame 11 or the body 10 of the rabbit or inanimate object if arm 11 is omitted. A link 33 is pivotally mounted. in the yoke 31 carried on the forelimb rod 32' and extends to a similar yoke 34 carried integrally on a hind-limb carrier rod 35.

From the above description it is evident that as the carriage is moved forward by any suitable means (not shown) the crank arm axle will cause the rocking bar to oscillate and thereby impart its motion to the rocking frame 11 and to the fore and hind limb bars 32 and 35, respectively. I If now the body of an inanimate object, as av rabbit, be mounted on the rocking frame 11, and the fore and hind limbs 36 and 37 respectively, be attached to the ends of the respective rods 32 and 35, and the carriage set in motion, the body of the inanimate object will take the movement of the frame and the limbs will move, or oscillate, with the respective rods, thereby imparting an apparently real and life-like movement to the object, which completely conceals the frame and levers in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Ohviously the body 10 of the inanimate object may take the place of frame 11 if desired.

As the rocking frame, in general, is maintained to oscillate in planes approximately parallel with the carriage frame, it is apparent that any change in the angle of the supporting standard will also vary the movements of the body and limbs to a greater or less degree, depending upon the direction of change of said standard.

While I have shown a specific inanimate object carried on a carriage of special construction and especially designed for operation in the amusement device of my copending application, I do not thereby desire s s-l to be understood as having thus limitedmysaid carriage, at an angle. thereto, a flame,

pivotally mounted on said standard, limbcarrying pins spaced apart in said frame.

and yokes onsaid pins, a link connecting said yokes andmeans for oscillating said frame and said yokes operated by said Wheels 2, A mechanical movement device for imparting; life-like. movement to an inanimate object, which includes a carriage having wheels and a standard rigidly secured on said carriage at an angle thereto, a frame body pivotally mounted on. said standard and pivot rods carried in said body, said rods spaced apart and having the ends thereof extending outside of said frame body for receiving respectively the fore and the hind limbs of the" inanimate object, ayoke fastened on said pivot rods, a system of links connecting said yokes and the-Wheels of said carriage, whereby said rods are moved in unison to impart movement to said limbs and to the frame body.

3; In a mechanical movement device the combination of a'cai ria'gezhaving Wheels and a standard fastened on said carriage at an un le, an oscillating body pivotally mounted on said standard, a pivot rod'in either end of'sa'id body, removed from the pivot point of the body, a yoke carried by and fastened on each rod for moving said rods, a link connecting said yokes for imparting motion to said yokes, and means for oscillating'said body and said yolzes whereby said rods oscillate and describe sinusoids as the carriage moves comprising a connection between said wheels and said yokes.

4:. In a compound mechanical movement device the combination of'a carriage support and astandard secured on said support at an angle thereto,'a'- frame on said standard on which the body ofan inanimate object is mounted, a rockingpivot rod at each end of the frame to the ends of which the limbs of said object are mounted, a yoke on each pin and a link connecting said yokes for rockingthe' pins, and means carried by the standard and reciprocated by the movement of said carriage to impart life-like movements to the body and the limbs In testimony Whereof'l have hereunto set my hand on this 23rd day of August A. D.,

MON N OSUKE- HIGUCHI'. 

